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Nevertheless, it has been exceptionally well cared for and is one of the best-preserved autographs of J.S. Bach.

We have digitised the manuscript and you can view it on Digital Bodleian!
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/e400...

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The manuscript itself has been placed in our free ‘Write, Cut, Rewrite’ exhibition at Weston Library – a celebration of first drafts, edits and deletions.

Come along to gaze at the writing of one of the greatest musical geniuses to have walked the earth!
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/cut

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